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Erguitaia

Synechodontiformes - Listracanthidae

Taxonomy
Erguitaia was named by Cappetta (1989). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Rajiformes by Case et al. (2001).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Erguitaia Cappetta
2001Erguitaia Case et al. p. 94

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
superorderXenacanthimorpha
subclassEuselachii()
familyListracanthidae
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
familyAgaleidae
familyAnachronistidae
RankNameAuthor
familyLugalepididaeKaratajute-Talimaa 1997
familyOstenoselachidae
familyMcmurdodontidaeWhite 1968
superorderGaleomorphi
orderSynechodontiformes
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
familyPalaeocarcharidae
familyPhorcynidaeHerman and van Waes 2014
superorderSqualomorphi(Compagno 1973)
Batomorphi()
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
genusErguitaiaKaratajute-Talimaa 1997

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Erguitaia Cappetta 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:15:23
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:15:23
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 85.70000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Georgia) E. benningensis, E. rugosa (61769)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Syria E. sp. (117853 117854 117855 117857)